Urine bottle adapter

ABSTRACT

A urine bottle adapter is provided. The urine bottle adapter has a hollow body which meets human ergonomics. The hollow body includes an open end and a flow guiding hole opposite to the open end. The open end of the urine bottle adapter is compliant with ergonomics, so that it can comfortably cover the user&#39;s private part. There are internal screw threads in the flow guiding hole. By means of the internal screw threads, an empty PET bottle can be screwed into the flow guiding hole, thus the empty PET bottle would be used to hold the urine. Therefore, the urine bottle adapter could transform an empty PET bottle into a urine bottle. The empty PET bottle can be easily washed and used repeatedly.

FIELD OF INVENTION

The present invention relates to a urine bottle adapter, especiallyrelates to a urine bottle adapter that can tranform an empty PET bottleinto a safe and environmental-friendly urine bottle.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Holding back urine when it is not convenient to go to the toilet is apredicament that people usually face. Nowadays, conventional productsfor solving this problem is, for example, a urinal pot used in thehospital, however, this is difficult to be washed, or a urine bag usedin a car, which is made of plastic and could not be used repeatedly.Therefore, the urinal pot and the urine bag are not popular in theworld.

The urinal pot used in the hospital is rather disgusting to the user,and is difficult for washing, and transportation. The urine bag used incars being disposable thereby requires a higher cost, and higherpollution. Nowadays, there is a need for a portable urination devicethat has advantages of being able to be recycled, having minimum cost,leading to zero pollution, wasting no resource, providing safety, andimproved convenience.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An aspect of the present invention is to provide a urine bottle adapter.One advantage of the urine bottle adapter is being able to transform anempty PET bottle into a urine bottle. Therefore, the urine bottleadapter can be widely used, for example: alongside the hospital bed orduring traveling. Furthermore, the advantages of the urine bottleadapter include being recyclable, of minimum cost, yielding nopollution, wasting no resource, being safe, convenient, and ofenvironmentally friendly.

The urine bottle adapter of this invention is designed with saving theearth in mind. By using this urine bottle adapter, any empty PET bottlethat can be picked up easily during travel can be transformed into aurine bottle. The advantages of the urine bottle adapter include beingrecyclable, of minimum cost, yielding no pollution, wasting no resource,being safe, convenient, and of environmentally friendly. Furthermore,because of its economic advantage, the urine bottle adapter can becomepopular. Thus the time and energy wasted in waiting and steps leading togoing to the toilet will be saved. Therefore, the urine bottle adapteralso has advantages of energy conservation and carbon reduction.

To achieve the foregoing and other object, the urine bottle adapter hasa hollow body which meets human ergonomics. The hollow type bodyincludes an open end and a flow guiding hole opposite to the open end.The diameter of the open end is larger than the diameter of the flowguiding hole. Furthermore, there is a plurality of internal screwthreads in the flow guiding hole. The open end of the urine bottleadapter is compliant with human ergonomics, so it could comfortablysubstantially cover the user's private part. By means of the internalscrew threads, an empty PET bottle can be screwed into the flow guidinghole, thus the empty PET bottle could be used to hold urine. Therefore,the urine bottle adapter can transform the empty bottle into a urinebottle.

Furthermore, an indenting groove and a rubber band catch are disposed onthe outer wall of the urine bottle adapter and adjacent to the flowguiding hole. In another embodiment of the present invention, if theuser cannot find an empty PET bottle, he/she can use the indentinggroove and a rubber band that is hooked to the rubber band catch to bindand secure a plastic bag to the urine bottle adapter, so as to allow theplastic bag to be used for holding urine.

In another embodiment, in using the urine bottle, the user can choose tostand or sit on a low stool to let his/her hips being supported, so thatthe male user could let his private parts and female user could let herthree-fifths of her hips respectively hung in the air, for convenienturination. In some occasions, the user can use a skirt, a coat, anumbrella, or a towel to shield her/his private parts during urination.After urinating, the user can loosen the urine bottle adapter apart fromthe PET bottle. In order to be used again next time, the urine bottleadapter should be received for being washed. If the usage frequency istoo excessive so that the PET bottle is difficult to be washed, a newPET bottle should substitute for the old one.

The urine bottle adapter of the present invention would save theresource of earth and reduce the pollution of used urine bag.Furthermore, the urine bottle could relieve the pain and inconvenienceof holding back the urine during travel with adding no burden on theearth.

The above and other aspects, features, and advantages of the presentinvention will become more apparent from the following detaileddescription when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a urine bottle adapter according toan embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows an alternative perspective view of the urine bottle adapteraccording to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 shows a top view of the urine bottle adapter.

FIG. 4 shows a method for holding the urine bottle when the gender ofthe user is male.

FIG. 5 shows a method for holding the urine bottle when the gender ofthe user is female.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

FIG. 1 shows the perspective view of a urine bottle adapter 5 accordingto an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows an alternativeperspective view of the urine bottle adapter 5. FIG. 3 shows a top viewof the urine bottle adapter 5. Please refer to FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and FIG.3, the urine bottle adapter 5 is an integral and hollow body. The urinebottle adapter 5 meets human ergonomics needs. The urine bottle adapter5 includes an open end 1 and a flow guiding hole 2. The open end 1 has alarger diameter than the flow guiding hole 2. There is a plurality ofinternal screw threads 2 in the inside wall of the flow guiding hole 2.The internal screw threads 2 are matched with the external screw threadsat a lip of the conventional PET bottle, which could be easily purchasedin the marketplace. Looking from the side view, the open end of theurine bottle adapter 5 looks like a tilted curve. The open end iscompliant with human ergonomics so as to fittingly cover the privatepart of a person.

During use, by means of the internal screw threads 2, the empty PETbottle is screwed into the flow guiding hole 2. Then, the private partof the user is comfortably covered by the open end 1. Urine would thenflow into the empty PET bottle via the urine bottle adapter 5 duringurination by the user.

The urine bottle adapter 5 is made of alloy or a plastic material, suchas PET material, and is preferably made of plastic material such as thetoilet lid so as to have the advantages of being economical,long-lasting, comfortable, easy to clean, and environmental-friendly.

Please refer to FIG. 4, FIG. 4 shows a method for holding the urinebottle when the gender of the user is for example male. The male usercan stand or sit on a low stool to allow his hips being supported andhis private parts hung in the air so as to urinate conveniently. Pleaserefer to FIG. 5, FIG. 5 shows a method for holding the urine bottle whenthe gender of the user is for example female. The female user can squator sit on the low stool to let her hips being supported, and to havethree-fifths of her hips hung in the air to urinate conveniently. Insome occasions, the user can use a skirt, a coat, an umbrella, or atowel to shield her/his private parts. After urinating, the user couldloosen and detach the urine bottle adapter 5 apart from the PET bottle.In order to be able to be used again, the urine bottle adapter 5 can bepacked away ready for further washing. If the usage frequency is toolarge so that the PET bottle is difficult to be maintained to besufficiently clean, a new PET bottle should replace the old one.

Furthermore, an indenting groove 3 and a rubber band catch 4 aredisposed on the outer wall of the urine bottle adapter 5 and areadjacent to the flow guiding hole 2. The indenting groove 3 isconfigured for binding a bag and the rubber band catch 4 is used forhooking and tying with a rubber band. If the user is unable to find orlocate an empty PET bottle, he/she can use the indenting groove 3 andthe rubber band hooked on the catch 4 to bind and secure a plastic bag.In this embodiment, the plastic bag can be used for holding urine. Theuser should cover and seal the flow guiding hole 2 of the urine bottleadapter 5 by using the plastic bag. Thereafter, the user can tie therubber band around the indenting groove 3 twice and tie one end of therubber band on the catch 4.

Although the description above contains many specifics, these are merelyprovided to illustrate the invention and should not be construed aslimitations of the invention's scope. Thus it will be apparent to thoseskilled, in the art that various modifications and variations can bemade in the system and processes of the present invention withoutdeparting from the spirit or scope of the invention.

1. A urine bottle adapter, comprising a hollow body, and including anopen end and a flow guiding hole opposite to the open end. wherein thediameter of the open end being larger than the diameter of the flowguiding hole, and a plurality of internal screw threads disposed in theflow guiding hole.
 2. The urine bottle adapter of claim 1, wherein theopen end being compliant with human ergonomics so as to substantiallycover the private part of a user.